Walkie Talkie Man · Steriogram

78 bars of 4/4 at 141 BPM, about 2:13 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PunkAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
141 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
78
LENGTH
2:13
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 22-23 and 37-39, and 3 more places -- 21.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 141 BPM
WALKIE TALKIE MAN · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 24, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 and 2 more.

LOOP · 141 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 141 BPM
BARS 71-77 · LANDS ON BAR 78 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

78 bars across 10 sections: 51 keep time, 8 are fills, 4 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-15.

PART B
PART D
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART B
PART M
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesGBDMS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Walkie Talkie Man?

141 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Walkie Talkie Man hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

78 bars, about 2:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 10 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Walkie Talkie Man?

2 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 24, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 78 BARS ANALYSED
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